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No it isn't.

What is a "weak shot"? There's no objective definition for it, hence it's not a good determining factor. The argument that "the goalkeeper could've caught it otherwise" is also invalid as that argument literally could apply to every deflected goal. A goal is an own goal if and only if it...

It's not stupid, as it's the only objective determining factor, unlike the argument that "the keeper would've caught it if not for the defender" as that is only an unprovable assumption.

I think he was only considering retired players.

To be fair, winning any trophy is a great feat to a Liverpool fan.

Masch was the captain in 2010. It was Sabella who later made Messi the captain.

I wasn't actually asking for any name. Yes, I knew about Elkjær and knew he's on that team. I was also old enough to watch him in 1986, although I was very young back then and it was my first tournament I watched "live" on TV. My point was despite being a very good player, Elkjær was no...

Football today is completely different from what it was 30 years ago, so your hypothetical situation is moot. For example, Hellas Verona was still in Serie B in 81/82, promoted to Serie A the next season and already 4th in the league, and 2 years later in 84/85 they won Serie A. Can you...

He probably meant this one: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/20/luis-enrique-lionel-messi-barcelona-attitude The article said he was angry with what Messi had to say about their recent form. Probably just the media blowing things out of proportion though.

Song was Tito's transfer. Alexis was decent or good for 2 out of his 3 years here, with his only bad year also under Tito.

I bet you most top managers would handle their man-management of their squads more carefully, especially when they're not getting results on the pitch.

The story says he disagreed with Lucho's decision as a referee, had nothing to do with Lucho's authority as a manager. It isn't like he was openly criticizing Lucho's tactics or line-ups. You're reading too much into it.

And we don't know exactly how the injuries he suffered and then being rushed back in 2013 have hurt his fitness/stamina. Need to keep those injuries in mind when we're thinking "but he did the same under Guardiola..."

On the topic of (remotely) food-related nicknames, we can call him the Lazy Susan. :lol:

Yes. But not as bad as losing him to MU/RM, etc. :)

Or if it is we can still buy him and then loan him back for half a season and get him to officially join us in winter 2016, we'll be unbanned by then.

Agreed. The US also shot down an Iranian civilian flight back in 1988, killing all 290 on board. Six years later they were hosting the WC and no one said a thing about banning/boycotting it. This suggestion to ban Russia from hosting the WC coming from the USA is pure hypocrisy. And unlike...

37,000m/3600s = 100m/9.73s, and that's very close to the 100-meter dash world record. Assuming this speed was rounded up and he was actually running only at 36.5 km per hr, that's still 100m/9.86s, and he's doing it with a ball in front of him. I kinda doubt that figure is accurate, or he's...

The situation's different for Bartra during the Pep years because he still had Fontas ahead of him, whereas in the year under Tito Bartra's officially promoted and Fontas was already gone but Tito still refused to use him.

Making his first team debut and being promoted are 2 different things. In La Liga, first team members wear no. 1-25, and he wasn't given a first team number until the 2012-13 season.